O'Reilly OSCON 2008

"OSCON is the crossroads of all things open source, bringing together the best, brightest, and most interesting people to explore what's new, and to champion the cause of open principles and open source adoption across the computing industry."

Why

Fedora's purposes for attending this show, in order of importance:

Meet people from other prominent projects and look for collaborative opportunities

Drive out to meet with Oregon State University on Tuesday, July 22nd

Represent the Fedora Project to newcomers at the booth

Where

Location: Oregon Convention Center - Portland, OR

Flight: PDX is your airport

Hotel: Any hotel near the convention center is fine, everything is walking distance. Alternatively, you can stay by the Rose Garden (Sports Arena) which is near by, also walking distance. Hotels there tend to be cheaper.

Light Rail: You don't need a car to get from the airport to the convention center (and most likely the surrounding hotels). Check out the schedule for the MAX here: http://www.trimet.org/ It is super cheap at $2.05 or less.

When

July 21-25, 2008

Expo floor is open Wed July 23 from 10:00AM PDT to 16:30PM PDT, and Thu July 24 from 10:00AM PDT to 17:00PM PDT.

Setup/booth duty schedule below

What

Fedora Booth in .Org Pavilion on Floor

Fedora BoF (schedule unknown yet)

Swag

En route

20 Fedora tshirts (L)

20 Fedora tshirts (XL)

10 Fedora tshirts (M)

400 Fedora 9 Live CDs

400 Fedora 9 DVDs

Already w/ John

15--shirts

30--stickers

7--2G USB keys

6--pens

Two (very heavy) boxes containing media from Max.

All leftover swag is to be given to Jack for use at LWCE SF.

Who is responsible for getting swag to/from venue?

ISVs, providers, and projects we want to chat with about getting in to Fedora